ISLAMABAD, Sep 05 (APP):The Senate on Thursday adopted a dozen of motions granting extension to eight standing committees of the Upper House of the Parliament for presentation of reports an
d witnessed laying of five reports.
The motions were adopted unanimously after voice voting by the House.
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n behalf of Chairman, Standing Committee on Poverty Alleviation and Social Safety, Se
nator Sardar Al Haj Muhammad Umer Gorgaij Se
nator Saleem Mandviwalla moved under sub-rule (1) of Rule 194 seeking a 60-day extension for the presentation of report of the Committee on the Pakistan Ehsaas Targeted Subsidies (Riayat) Programme Bill, 2023, introduced by Se
nator Sania Nishtar on 6 th November, 2023
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nator Saleem Mandviwalla o
n behalf of Se
nator Sardar Al Haj Muhammad Umer Gorgaij, Chairman, Standing Committee on Poverty Alleviation and Social Safety, moved the motion under sub-rule (1) of Rule 194 seeking a 60-day extension for the presentation of report of the Committee on the Pakistan Bait-ul-Mal (Amendment) Bill, 2024, introduced by Se
nator Shahadat Awan on 19th February, 2024.
Se
nator Samina Mumtaz Zehri, Chairperson, Standing Committee on Human Rights moved the motion under sub-rule (1) of Rule 194 seeking a 60-day for presentation of report of the Committee on the National Commission on the Rights of Child (Amendment) Bill, 2023, introduced by Se
nator Dr. Zarqa Suharwardy Taimur on 20th February, 2023.
Se
nator Samina Mumtaz Zehri, Chairperson, Standing Committee on Human Rights moved the motion under sub-rule (1) of Rule 194 seeking a 60-day extension for presentation of report of the Committee on the ICT Rights of Persons with Disability (Amendment) Bill, 2024, introduced by Se
nator Dr. Zarqa Suharwardy Taimur on 10th June, 2024.
Se
nator Pervaiz Rashid, Chairman, Standing Committee on Communications moved the motion under sub-rule (1) of Rule 194 seeking a 60-day extension for presentation of report of the Committee on the subject matter of a Calling Attention Notice regarding alarming statistics revealed by the Balochistan Medical Emergency Response Centre (BMERC) according to which during the last five years over 46,000 accidents have occurred on Highways of Balochistan due to their deteriorating condition which resulted into deaths of hundreds of commuters and injuries to thousands moved by Se
nator Samina Mumtaz Zehri on 5 th July, 2024.
Se
nator Syed Ali Zafar, Chairman, Standing Committee on Information and Broadcasting moved the motion under sub-rule (1) of Rule 194 seeking a 60-day presentation of report of the Committee on the Protection of Journalists and Media Professionals (Amendment) Bill, 2022, introduced by Se
nator Saleem Mandviwalla on 31st January, 2022.
Se
nator Syed Ali Zafar, Chairman, Standing Committee on Information and Broadcasting moved the motion under sub-rule (1) of Rule 194 seeking a 60-day extension for presentation of report of the Committee on the Right of Access to Information (Amendment) Bill, 2023, introduced by Se
nator Dr. Zarqa Suharwardy Taimur on 20th November, 2023.
Se
nator Syed Ali Zafar, Chairman, Standing Committee on Information and Broadcasting moved the motion under sub-rule (1) of Rule 194 seeking a 60-day extension for presentation of report of the Committee on the Right of Access to Information (Amendment) Bill, 2021, introduced by Se
nator Manzoor Ahmed on 25th January, 2021.
Se
nator Saleem Mandviwalla o
n behalf of Se
nator Umer Farooq, Chairman, Standing Committee on Petroleum moved the motion under sub-rule (1) of Rule 194 seeking a 60-day extension for presentation of report of the Committee on the Pakistan Minerals Regularity Authority Bill, 2024, introduced by Se
nator Mohammad Abdul Qadir on 19th February, 2024.
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nator Saleem Mandviwalla o
n behalf of Se
nator Atta-Ur-Rehman, Chairman, Standing Committee on Religious Affairs and Inter-Faith Harmony moved the motion under sub-rule (1) of Rule 194 seeking a 60-day extension for presentation of report of the Committee on question raised by Se
nator Taj Haider on 22nd May, 2024, regarding whether it is a fact that the Supreme Court of Pakistan in its decision of 16th November, 2021 directed to demolish illegal construction on the land of the Evacuee Trust Property Board in the country.
Se
nator Saleem Mandviwalla o
n behalf of Se
nator Atta-Ur-Rehman, Chairman, Standing Committee on Religious Affairs and Inter-Faith Harmony moved the motion under sub-rule (1) of Rule 194 seeking a 60-day extension for presentation of report of the Committee on the Muslim Family Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2024, introduced by Se
nator Samina Mumtaz Zehri on 10th June, 2024.
Se
nator Saleem Mandviwalla, Chairman, Standing Committee on Finance and Revenue moved the motion under sub-rule (1) of Rule 194 seeking a 30-day extension for presentation of report of the Committee on the Equal Scales of Salary and Allowances Bill, 2024, introduced by Se
nator Khalida Ateeb on 26th February, 2024.
Meanwhile, Se
nator Faisal Saleem Rehman, Chairman, Standing Committee on Interior presented report of the Committee on the Fatal Accidents (Amendment) Bill, 2024, introduced by Se
nator Shahadat Awan on 1st January, 2024.
Se
nator Faisal Saleem Rehman, Chairman, Standing Committee on Interior presented report of the Committee on the Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Bill, 2024, introduced by Se
nator Shahadat Awan on 1 st January, 2024.
Se
nator Faisal Saleem Rehman, Chairman, Standing Committee on Interior presented report of the Committee on the Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Bill, 2024, introduced by Se
nator Shahadat Awan on 1 st January, 2024.
Se
nator Faisal Saleem Rehman, Chairman, Standing Committee on Interior presented report of the Committee on the Peaceful Assembly and Public Order Bill, 2024, introduced by Senators Saleem Mandviwalla, Samina Mumtaz Zehri, Irfan-Ul-Haque Siddiqui, Syed Faisal Ali Subzwari and Umer Farooq on 2 nd September, 2024.
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nator Saleem Mandviwalla, Chairman, Standing Committee on Finance and Revenue presented report of the Committee on the Deposit Protection Corporation (Amendment) Bill, 2024.